Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

DIEGO LÓPEZ-GARCÍA

Profesor Asociado

Especialidad: Respuesta aleatoria de sistemas estructurales sujetos a excitaciones sísmicas., Fragilidad sísmica de elementos estructurales y no-estructurales., Optimización de dispositivos de disipación de energía para el control pasivo de estructuras.

Departamento de Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica, Magíster en Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica

dlg@uc.cl
+56955047684

Líneas de Investigación

 

Ingeniería Sismorresistente

Dinámica Estructural

Control de Estructuras

Vibraciones Aleatorias

Publicaciones

Contreras-Bejarano O, Villaba-Morales JD, Lopez-Garcia D (2021): Seismic performance of buildings equipped with dual isolation systems. 42nd Ibero-Latin-American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering3rd Pan American Congress on Computational Mechanics, electronic paper no. 2b-0121, Brazilian Association of Computational Methods in Engineering and International Association of Computational Mechanics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (2021)
Torres P, Medalla M, Lopez-Garcia D, Campos L, Zareian F (2020): Strength method for exposed base plates with extended anchor bolts. 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, electronic paper no. 2c-0086, Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan. (2020)
Lopez-Garcia D, Saitua F, Taflanidis AA (2020): Viscous damper optimization considering practical design issues. 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, electronic paper no. 2g-0185, Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan. (2020)
Araya-Letelier G, Parra PF, Lopez-Garcia D, Garcia-Valdes A, Candia G, Lagos R (2019): Evaluación de la probabilidad de colapso de un edificio de oficinas chileno de hormigón armado debido a actividad sísmica. XII Congreso Chileno de Sismología e Ingeniería Sísmica, electronic paper no. 1588, Asociación Chilena de Sismología e Ingeniería Sísmica, Santiago, Chile. (2019)
Lima F, Sandoval C, Lopez-Garcia D (2019): Evaluación del anteproyecto de norma para intervención estructural de construcciones patrimoniales. Aplicación al edificio Taller de Herrería de la Maestranza San Bernardo. XII Congreso Chileno de Sismología e Ingeniería Sísmica, electronic paper no. 1613, Asociación Chilena de Sismología e Ingeniería Sísmica, Santiago, Chile. (2019)
Garcia H, Lopez-Garcia D (2019): Reducción de ordenadas espectrales por amortiguamiento. I Congreso de Ingeniería Sísmica y Geotécnica, electronic paper, Asociación Guatemalteca de Ingeniería Estructural y Sísmica, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala. (2019)
Ruiz R, Taflanidis A, Giaralis A, Lopez-Garcia D (2018): Multi-criteria optimization of seismic protective devices utilizing lifecycle performance objectives and application to the design of the Tunes Mass Damper Inerter (TMDI) for buildings in Chile. 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, electronic paper no. 12127, European Association for Earthquake Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey. (2018)
Ugalde D, Parra PF, Lopez-Garcia D (2018): Overstrength of 3D fully modeled RC shear wall buildings. 11th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, electronic paper no. 806, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Oakland, USA. (2018)
Charney F, Lopez-Garcia D, Hardyniec A, Ugalde D (2017): Modeling inherent damping in nonlinear dynamic analysis. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, electronic paper no. 181, Asociación Chilena de Sismología e Ingeniería Sísmica, Santiago, Chile. (2017)
Flores F, Charney F, Lopez-Garcia D (2017): P-Delta effects in the torsional response of structures. 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, electronic paper no. 1076, Asociación Chilena de Sismología e Ingeniería Sísmica, Santiago, Chile. (2017)
Valledor R., López-García D., Sandoval C. (2015). Linearly elastic seismic evaluation of masonry historical buildings in Santiago, Chile: The case of the Pereira Palace. 3th International Conference on Mechanical Models in Structural Engineering. 24-26 June 2015. Seville, Spain. (2015)
3th International Conference on Mechanical Models in Structural Engineering, University of Seville
Ruiz RO, Lopez-Garcia D, Taflanidis AA (2014): An innovative type of tuned liquid damper. 10th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, electronic paper no. 1483, Mira, St. Louis, USA. (2014)
Ruiz RO, Lopez-Garcia D (2014): Experimental validation of a new type of tuned liquid damper. 14th Pan-American Congress of Applied Mechanics, electronic paper, Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. (2014)
Cimellaro GP, Lopez-Garcia D, Giovine T (2013): Bidirectional pushover analysis of irregular structures. 5th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, 323-328, Taylor & Francis, London, UK. (2013)
Bruneau M, Fujikura S, Lopez-Garcia D (2007): Blast resistant bridge piers. Structure, March 2007, National Council of Structural Engineers Associations, Chicago, USA. (2007)
Structure
Bruneau, M., Fujikura, S. and Lopez-Garcia, D. (2007): Blast resistant bridge piers. Structure, March 2007, 19-21. (2006)
Structure
Bruneau M, Lopez-Garcia D, Fujikura S (2006): Multihazard-resistant highway bridge bent. 2006 Structures Congress, electronic paper, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, USA. (2006)
Bruneau M, Fujikura S, Lopez-Garcia D. (2006): Multihazard-resistant highway bridge pier. 5th National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways, electronic paper no. A06, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, USA. (2006)

Educación

  • Ingeniero Civil, U. Nacional de San Juan
  • Master of Science, State University of New York at Buffalo
  • Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York at Buffalo

Premios y Distinciones

 

Premio San Agustín 2010 Excelencia en Investigación. Escuela de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Santiago, Chile).

Dr. Sophokles E. Logiadis Prize 2001. Department of Civil, Structural & Environmental Engineering, University at Buffalo (Buffalo, USA).

Winner, 2001 Student Paper Competition. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (Oakland, USA).

Medalla de Oro, Mejor Alumno Promoción 1996-1997. Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de San Juan (San Juan, Argentina).

 

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